diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 994f9ccf4..0326622b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ click==8.1.2
 coreapi==2.3.3
 coreschema==0.0.4
 cryptography==43.0.1
+crispy-bootstrap4==2024.1
 cwe2==3.0.0
 dateparser==1.1.1
 decorator==5.1.1
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ djangorestframework==3.15.2
 doc8==0.11.1
 docopt==0.6.2
 docutils==0.17.1
-drf-spectacular==0.27.2
-drf-spectacular-sidecar==2024.7.1 
+drf-spectacular==0.24.2
+drf-spectacular-sidecar==2022.10.1
 executing==0.8.3
 fetchcode==0.3.0
 freezegun==1.2.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b46f23cdf..ec64dcfd4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ install_requires =
     django-filter>=24.0
     django-widget-tweaks>=1.5.0
     django-crispy-forms>=2.3
+    crispy-bootstrap4>=2024.1
     django-environ>=0.11.0
     gunicorn>=23.0.0
 
     # for the API doc
-    drf-spectacular[sidecar]>=0.27.2
+    drf-spectacular[sidecar]>=0.24.2
 
     #essentials
     packageurl-python>=0.15
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/api.py b/vulnerabilities/api.py
index 0b3dc2b8e..5d953db9b 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/api.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/api.py
@@ -685,14 +685,10 @@ def filter_alias(self, queryset, name, value):
         return self.queryset.filter(aliases__alias__icontains=alias)
 
 
-class AliasViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
+class AliasViewSet(VulnerabilityViewSet):
     """
     Lookup for vulnerabilities by vulnerability aliases such as a CVE
     (https://nvd.nist.gov/general/cve-process).
     """
 
-    queryset = Vulnerability.objects.all()
-    serializer_class = VulnerabilitySerializer
-    filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
     filterset_class = AliasFilterSet
-    throttle_classes = [StaffUserRateThrottle, AnonRateThrottle]
diff --git a/vulnerablecode/settings.py b/vulnerablecode/settings.py
index d3d302d2e..f2f612098 100644
--- a/vulnerablecode/settings.py
+++ b/vulnerablecode/settings.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "rest_framework.authtoken",
     "widget_tweaks",
     "crispy_forms",
+    "crispy_bootstrap4",
     # for API doc
     "drf_spectacular",
     # required for Django collectstatic discovery
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@
     str(PROJECT_DIR / "static"),
 ]
 
+CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap4"
 
 CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap4"